Mississippi couple wins adoption costs contest

While adoptions are finalized all year in Livingston County, Michigan Adoption Day each November aims to shine a light on the importance of adoption and the needs of children in Michigan’s foster care.Laura Colvin / Livingston Daily

Matthew and Virginia Alexander(Photo: Courtesy)

A Mississippi couple has won a competition that helps with the costs for those trying to adopt a child.

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The couple started the process with an adoption agency in April. They were told that the entire process could cost upward of $40,000.

Adoption is something Matthew and Virginia both felt strongly about for years and is something they said God laid on their hearts before they ever met. They haven’t been matched with a child yet and don’t know whether their baby is a boy or a girl or even if it’s born yet. But the couple is confident that their child is on the other side of the world in Bulgaria.

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